Man accidentally shoots relative on Christmas morning

CONCORD TOWNSHIP, MI – A man showing family members how to disassemble a handgun accidentally shot his relative on Christmas morning, leaving the victim in serious condition.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on Allman Road in Concord Township just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 25. The 42-year-old female victim had a gunshot wound in the upper body and was taken to Henry Ford Allegiance Health for emergency surgery, the Sheriff’s Office said in a release.

The 22-year-old man who fired the gun was cooperating with investigators, according to police.

Deputies seized the gun and the expended shell casing and the matter was under investigation. It will be forwarded to the prosecutor for review, once complete, police said.